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Drawings made for exhibition at the Royal Academy, 1793 (2)
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A comparison with drawing 19 and the published elevation (Soane's Sketches in architect ..., 1793) shows that the drawings catalogued here (both for the same design) are more elaborate with, for example, statues in niches and standing figures on the roof. Drawing 19 (about the same size as these drawings) has simple shallow niches while in the others, the ends of the curved walls have niches with two Ionic columns in antis.
The Soane Museum's 1837 inventory (Bailey AB Inventory 1817 Picture Section p.178) has entries for drawing 22(P19) with the date '1791' and for drawing 23 (P22) '1791-92'. In 1793, Soane exhibited at the Royal Academy 'Geometrical elevation and perspective view of the entrance front of a seat of the Marquis of Abercorn's'. It seems very probable that the two drawings catalogued here were those exhibited at the R.A. and are likely to have been made a short time before the hanging day of 23 April 1793.
The Soane Museum's 1837 inventory (Bailey AB Inventory 1817 Picture Section p.178) has entries for drawing 22(P19) with the date '1791' and for drawing 23 (P22) '1791-92'. In 1793, Soane exhibited at the Royal Academy 'Geometrical elevation and perspective view of the entrance front of a seat of the Marquis of Abercorn's'. It seems very probable that the two drawings catalogued here were those exhibited at the R.A. and are likely to have been made a short time before the hanging day of 23 April 1793.
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Contents of Drawings made for exhibition at the Royal Academy, 1793 (2)
- [23] Drawing made for exhibition at the Royal Academy, Elevation principal front, 1793
- [24] Drawing made for exhibition at the Royal Academy, Perspective of principal front, 1793